High-definition television (HDTV), that nascent standard for better TV viewing, may already be “so last century” …
Back in September of last year, Chi Mei Optoelectronics and their partner Westinghouse, announced their remarkable new 3840 x 2160 resolution, 8.29 million pixel LCD TV panel. What’s remarkable is that the amount of image detail delivered by this screen is four times that provided by HDTV. You can see it in operation at CES 2006 in Las Vegas.
The new panel also has nice specs at 8 ms pixel response time, 600-nit brightness, a 1000:1 contrast ratio and it’s alleged to have a good color gamut as well … might be tough to find content to view at 4x HDTV resolution, however.
And if quadruple HDTV does not suffice, there’s always 16x HDTV from NHK. The NHK system is called Super Hi-Vision and specs out to an incredible 7,680×4,320 pixels and 22.2 channel sound, but requires a bandwidth of 24 gigabits per second to support the massive amounts of data.
Westinghouse Digital Showcases First Ultra-High-Resolution 56-Inch LCD at CES 2006; LCD Features Eight Megapixels and Four Times 1080p Resolution – Business Wire, January 05, 2006
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HD TV still seems to be going strong. Maybe it’s got some legs after all.